Forest Park OKs three year wage deal with police and fire
After three months of bargaining Forest Park voters approve a three year pact for police and fire. Police officers receive 1800 across the board with cost of living adjustments tied to metro Chicago July indexes. fire raises range 1350 to 1652 with top pay for veterans. Parity with Oak Park cited as a key goal and hospitalization insurance was dropped from the final terms.
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Forest Park
Lana
Mohr
Thompson
Chicago
Oak Park
Depar
Forest Park board approves GE institute funding and staff hires
Forest Park school board approved a $50,000 General Electric sponsored Bloomington career education institute for six district students. The delegation shadowed production workers, with a three level career program guiding monthly activities through spring 1975. The board also hired three aides, accepted a $12,000 drug education grant, and funded special education transport costs.
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General Electric
Forest Park
Peter Thiesse
GE Company
Career Education Institute
Bloomington
Ind
John Ericksen
Cheryl Kostoris
Margaret Martin
Joan Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
al Buerger
Institute
Ericksen
Betsy Ross
Garfield
Forest Park hikes meter fines and permits amid inflation
The Forest Park village board raised parking meter fines from one to three dollars after 14 days and to five dollars for late payments. Overnight parking permits rise from five to seven fifty dollars monthly starting November 1 1974. The board also approved garage door requirements for small four car garages and issued licenses to several local businesses while denying others. Street lights will be on in early October and the village seeks contributions for a new community center with officials visiting businesses still unpaid.
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Forest Park
Howard Mohr
Santo Rizzo
R. Eck and Son
McKinsey Steel and Supply
Anton’s
Forest Park Market
The
Kirby Co
Mothers of World War II, Inc
Edward Lambke
Public Health and Safety
Lambke
Jodie Henderson
Youth Commission
Jim Murray
Nancy Zimmerman
Mohr
Jim McCoy
Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Proviso High Schools Face Deficit Spending in 1974-75
Proviso township high schools project a 1974-75 budget gap as costs rise faster than tax and aid receipts. District 209 expects deficit spending by year end. swelling education fund to 12.4 million, with salaries driving an $1 million shortfall. Administrators warn a tax increase is unlikely while building and safety upgrades proceed with state funds.
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Proviso Township High
Proviso High
Jack Stanley
District 209
Proviso
Stanley
Pete Parrillo
Parrillo
Illinois Municipal
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Fire Department
Howard R. Mohr
Michael Thompson
Police Department
Jo Voss
Elgin
Nelly Schaefer
Esther Honath
Charolett Lanasa
George Franzen
Dangerous Drugs Commission
Arthur Jones
Prekindergarten Transportation
West Suburban
Assn. of Special Education
WSASE
Peevect
Lawrence P. Buckley
Tments
Nocturnes
Laura Miller
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